Sorry for not having read in this thread before, but since yesterday this bugs me:
Luxembourg is accused of racism and I do not get it (being a strong fighter against racism and finding that all should recognise they are racist and have to do effort not act on it): The points brought forward are:
1) Students from foreign origin have more issues in education, certainly when they come from outside of the EU.
2) Unemployment is mainly with foreigners.
3) It is difficult to get Luxembourgish nationality, the language exam is too difficult.
4) It is too difficult to get housing.
My view on this points:
1) The level of students in studies is considered low in Luxembourg; a cause is that education is done in Luxembourgish, German and French; mandatory for all. It is clear if you speak only russian at home that you have little chance to succeed. But why would Luxembourg change their system for the foreigners?
2) Many Luxembourgers are working for the state, the people in private companies are for a large part foreigners, so bankruptcy hits mainly the foreigners. An other point is that many job offers are for high qualified jobs, where many unemployed are illiterate (construction workers etc). You can not force a service society to create jobs for the non educated.
3) I can follow conversations in Luxembourgish, because I do speak German, French and Dutch and did the effort to learn some Luxembourgish. Speaking is difficult, I generally go back to German or French. To limit your nationality to people that understand the political debate (parliament speaks in Luxembourgish but notes are in French) seems a right for a state. There is no need to change nationality to work here.
4) The Luxembourgers complain about this as well, it is the rich foreigners (like my wife and my neighbors) that make that prices are so high, this has nothing to do with racism.
Conclusion: I do agree it is difficult to integrate in Luxembourg with your family, but it is not due to racism, Luxembourg is just complicated, certainly for the poor.