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Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has said that Britain will vote to leave the European Union because of "immigration craziness".

Trump, speaking to Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain, was typically outspoken when asked about what he thought on the possibility of Brexit.

He said: "My mother was born, as you know in Scotland, in Stornoway, and she loved Scotland. She loved it more than anything, she'd go back every year religiously with my sisters and just had a great feeling for it and a great love for the people of Scotland and I think that Britain will separate from the EU.

"I think maybe it's time, especially in light of what's happened, with the craziness that's going on with the migration, with people pouring in all over the place.

"I think that Britain will end up separating from the EU, that's my opinion. I'm not endorsing it one way or the other but that's my opinion. I think a lot of people want to see that happen."

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The UK is due to hold an in-out referendum on its membership of the European Union on June 23.

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Trump was also asked what he made of London Mayor Boris Johnson.

He said: "I know nothing about him really, I see him, he looks like a good character and probably a nice guy and maybe he thinks politically [he’s] popular.

"I will tell you that when I talked about the Muslim ban, there was a - and that's a temporary ban just so you understand - but until we figure out what's going on, but when I talked about the Muslim ban, he was very strong against me, he said like they have no problems in London at all.

"But I was written letters and phone calls and everything - talking about London and talking about the fact that I was right and you know when they talked about possibly keeping me out, you know there was a little movement that didn't go anywhere because of a lot of reasons but when they talked about that I will say this - there were such opposition from people that live in Britain, in Great Britain, that there was in the UK generally, in fact all over Europe, the people were incensed at the concept of me being banned for speaking really what they said was the truth.

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"And as you know that ban went nowhere, it shouldn’t have gone anywhere, it was a disgraceful thing but it went nowhere, but a lot of people and I mean thousands and thousands of people were tweeting saying you’re right, you’re right Mr Trump, your right and so I don’t know what's going on over there but I can tell you there is some unrest and you know that Piers."

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This morning formed the second part of a two-day interview that the programme was broadcasting with Trump.

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Yesterday, Trump sparked outrage when he accused British Muslims of not doing enough to tackle religious extremism in their communities.

He said: "When they see trouble they have to report it. They are not reporting it. They are absolutely not reporting it and that is a big problem."

More than half a million people signed a petition calling for the tycoon-turned-politician to be banned from the UK after he demanded a block on Muslims entering the US and claimed parts of London were "so radicalised" police were "afraid for their own lives".

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He said: "I would hit ISIS so hard you wouldn't believe it and I would get the people over there to put up their soldiers because it's about time that somebody did it.

"But I would have such back-up like you've never seen before in terms of air power, air strikes etc."

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"It's like they are protecting each other but they are really doing very bad damage," Mr Trump said, complaining about the failure to turn in those who went on to launch a deadly attack in San Bernardino, California.

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"They have to open up to society, they have to report the bad ones. And, you know, if you report the bad ones, all of a sudden you are not going to have the problems."

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Mr Trump denied he was racist, telling the programme: "I'm not 'anti' anything - I'm just common sense, I say it like it is."

"I have great respect for Muslims, I have many friends that are Muslims. I am just saying there is something with a radicalised portion that is very, very bad and very dangerous."