Biography
Ana Martín Gil is the research manager for the Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East. Her research focuses on migration, refugees, and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Mexico and Central America. Other research interests include foreign policy, sustainability, and climate change. She also manages the Baker Institute Migration Initiative and the Middle East Energy Roundtable.
Martín Gil holds a master’s degree in global affairs with a concentration in international political development from Rice University. She received her bachelor’s degree in translation and interpretation from Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid.
Contact at am165@rice.edu or 713-348-5637.
Recent Publications
Calls for Clarity on How Mexico Will Address New U.S. Border Rules
Questions still remain on long-term plans surrounding Mexico’s high asylum numbers following Title 42’s expiration. “Every time that the U.S. makes access to asylum more difficult, migrants turn to Mexico,” Ana Martín Gil, Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East program coordinator, told Al Jazeera.
Book Chapters
- “Development Aid as Migration Control: Comparing Migration Management Aid in Central America and Africa” in Migration Governance in North America: Policy, Politics, and Community, eds. Kiran Banerjee and Craig Damian Smith (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2024).
External Publications
- “Generations of Palestinian Refugees Face Protracted Displacement and Dispossession,” Migration Policy Institute, May 3, 2023.
- “Temporary Worker Programs in Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica: Promising Pathways for Managing Central American Migration?,” Migration Policy Institute, June 2022.
- “Spotlight | Mexico: Refugee’s Main Country of Destination,” Mexico Today, December 23, 2021.
- “If Biden Wants to Work With Mexico on Migration and Asylum, He Might Start Talking to Mexican NGOs,” The Washington Post, August 17, 2021.