London, December 9 (RHC)-- Over 85,000 Britons have signed a petition calling for banning the U-S Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump from entering the UK after he suggested all Muslims should be barred from entering America.

The online petition says: "The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech. If the United Kingdom is to continue applying the 'unacceptable behavior' criteria to those who wish to enter its borders, it must be fairly applied to the rich as well as poor, and the weak as well as powerful."

Earlier, British Prime Minister David Cameron criticized Trump's remarks calling them "divisive." And London Mayor Boris Johnson rejected Trump’s claims about radicalization in London, saying: "The only reason I wouldn’t go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump."

Even after a global backlash, Trump defended his comments, saying they were no worse than the actions of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who imprisoned over 110,000 people in government camps after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941.