A controversial Manhattan hotel being used to shelter migrants is set to close. The Roosevelt Hotel became an emblem of New York City’s fraught effort to manage thousands of international migrants who have flooded into the city in recent years.

New York City has announced the termination of its $220m lease agreement with the Roosevelt Hotel in the US, which has been housing asylum seekers since its reopening in 2023. This decision will lead to the closure of both the Asylum Seeker Arrival Center and the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center at the hotel.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is moving to shut down migrant shelter sites across the city as the flow of new arrivals begins to slow down amid a federal immigration crackdown. Adams announced this week that the city will close the Asylum Seeker Arrival Center at New York's iconic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan,