CAT/C/CYP/CO/5 (c) Providing an effective remedy to all victims of the crime of trafficking, ensuring prompt and adequate psychological support, medical care, access to welfare benefits and work permits for such victims, irrespective of their ability to cooperate in the legal proceedings against traffickers and irrespective of their migration status; (d) Providing the Committee with the requested annual statistical data on cases of trafficking within the reporting period, in particular information on how many State officials have been investigated, prosecuted and/or sentenced for complicity in trafficking in persons. National preventive mechanism 30. The Committee welcomes the updated information received on the measures taken to provide the office of the Commissioner for Administration and Protection of Human Rights (the ombudsman) with the financial, technical and human resources necessary to fulfil the broad mandate of the office on a fully independent basis, in particular its functions as the national preventive mechanism. It notes that those measures include the parliament’s approval of the provision of four additional staff members for the office of the ombudsman by the end of 2019, and amendments to provisions relating to the national preventive mechanism so as to ensure that the mechanism has the right to access and visit, without any preconditions, any place where persons are or may be deprived of their liberty. It also notes that the visits to places of detention are occurring at a regular and frequent rate, despite funding constraints. The Committee remains concerned, however, about the restricted budget and operating capacities of the national preventive mechanism (arts. 2 and 11). 31. The Committee urges the State party to take action to adopt the amendments to national legislation broadening the visitation rights of the national preventive mechanism and to ensure sufficient earmarked financial, technical and human resources for the office of the ombudsman as needed in order to carry out all of its functions as the national preventive mechanism effectively and independently. Early identification of torture victims, and medical examinations 32. While welcoming the new procedures outlined by the State party for identifying vulnerable persons, the Committee is concerned by reports indicating a lack of procedures to identify, assess and address the specific needs of asylum seekers, including survivors of torture. It is also concerned about the lack of prompt examination of alleged victims of torture and the lack of procedures to ensure a thorough medical and psychological or psychiatric examination of potential torture victims when signs of torture or trauma are detected during personal interviews of asylum seekers or irregular migrants. The Committee regrets that, according to the State party report (CAT/C/CYP/5, para. 130), statistics concerning the number of victims of torture among asylum seekers are not tracked, and is therefore concerned that a more effective early identification procedure for victims of torture has not been established (arts. 1, 2, 3, 4, 10). 33. The State party should: (a) Confirm whether the vulnerability assessment procedure is used consistently on every asylum seeker and migrant, and compile data on the number of asylum seekers identified with special reception needs, the nature of the needs and the measures taken to accommodate and protect vulnerable persons; (b) Provide concrete information on whether the procedure on the identification of vulnerabilities, outlined in the State party report, is codified in law, on the procedure’s effectiveness post-implementation and on its integration with the current refugee determination system; (c) Urgently improve the screening system to ensure early identification and referral of, and assistance and support for, vulnerable asylum seekers, in particular for victims of torture and ill-treatment; (d) Ensure that members of such groups are provided with immediate rehabilitation and priority access to the asylum determination procedure, and 8