The Commission said Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia and Austria were facing a difficult migration situation because of the cumulative effects of migration over the past five years.
These countries can ask the Council of the EU for a full or partial exemption from the so-called mandatory solidarity mechanism for another year.
Last year, EU member states granted Poland an exemption from the obligations under the mechanism after it submitted a request.
The Commission's proposal was announced in Brussels on Friday by European Commissioner for Internal Affairs Magnus Brunner.
He said Poland was among the member states facing serious migration challenges because it had taken in Ukrainians benefiting from temporary protection and faced the use of migration as a means of exerting pressure at its border with Belarus.
Brunner said Poland's situation had not changed since last year. It could therefore ask the Council of the EU to reduce its contribution under the solidarity mechanism, with the Council to make the relevant decision.
The mandatory solidarity mechanism under the Migration and Asylum Pact requires EU countries to support member states facing migratory pressure.
Support can take the form of financial contributions, technical assistance and equipment, or the relocation of migrants. Individual member states decide how to fulfil their solidarity obligations.
For 2026, the Commission proposed relocating 21,000 people and financial contributions from member states totalling EUR 420 million. However, EU countries pledged to relocate just under 9,000 people, with Germany expected to take the largest number, 4,500.
Germany, meanwhile, took responsibility for processing asylum applications from people who had arrived in the country from Italy and Greece. Under EU law, this responsibility rests with the first EU member state a migrant enters.
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Source: PAP