Can every map between manifolds be factored as $p\circ i$

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Can every map between topological manifolds $f\colon X\to Y$ be factored as $p\circ i\colon X\to \overline{Y}\to Y$ with $i$ inclusion of open subset in another topological manifold $\overline{Y}$ and $p$ a proper map?(If topological manifold is not good enough, we may assume smooth manifolds)

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No, consider for instance the universal cover $R\to S^1$.