''Dik Manusch'' (

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: ''See the Person'', ''Se människan'' translated to

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) was a

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published in northern

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. First published in early 2015 and focused on the

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province, the newspaper aimed to help homeless

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migrants – who are primarily

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from the

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, especially

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– to support themselves by providing an alternative to begging on the streets. Distributed for free to the migrants, each newspaper was sold for 50

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, the profits going entirely to the seller. A second purpose was to create a debate in Swedish society about the conditions faced by these people. Preparations for the newspaper began in 2014, on suggestion from Ilile Dumitru, who had seen '' Situation Sthlm'' being sold by the homeless of

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. The newspaper was created by the association SAMS, a coalition of several different organizations and churches in Skellefteå. The first issue – numbering 5,000 – was printed by ''

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'', and featured content created by various writers on a non-profit basis. It was distributed in Skellefteå. The second issue, with 15,000 prints, was likewise printed by ''Norran'' and financed by volunteer donations. To support the newspaper an association called the ''Dik Manusch Vänner'' (''Friends of Dik Manusch'' in English) was formed. In the beginning of 2017, the editorial staff came to the conclusion that they no longer got enough content sent in to be able to publish an issue. A few months later it was decided to disband the association and to cease publishing the newspaper. In November 2018, former ''Dik Manusch'' editor Britt-Inger Lundqvist started the

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''DIKKO'' which claims to be a successor publication to ''Dik Manusch''.

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